I’ve looked already on college board, inside the Art History workbooks, aka Barrons, Princeton, but are there any other tests that correspond to the Ap Exam? I’m taking the class online, so I’m pretty nervous about the test itself, if the online textbook-not really a textbook- and the class goes at a super slow pace, I’ve just finished Gothic Art… So if there are any good practice tests or if you could explain to me what helped you get a 4+ on the exam it would be really helpful!</p>
Prep books are the only sources I know of.
What’s important on the AP test is not that you know random facts about art pieces but that you can identify elements that characterize a piece as from a certain movement or time period. On the 2010 test, I had never seen most of the pieces on the FRQs. There was a lot of modern and non-western (more than my class covered) so make sure you cover those.</p>
I’m just spreading the word, sorry to barge in.</p>
My predictions for this years AP Test!
Featured Art that Will Perhaps Appear on MC and FRQ:
School of Athens by Raphael
Great Wave by Hokusai
David by Michelangelo
The Nightmare by Fuseli
Chartes Cathedral (Gothic Architecture)
Il Gesu (Baroque Architecture)
Dome of the Rock (Islamic Style Architecture)
I hope Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko makes an appearance
Birth of Venus by Botticelli comparison with Galatea by Raphael
Something from Degas or Delacroix that talks about the importance of photography
Tenebrism
Rigidity of Egyptian Statues especially that of Khafre
Hellenistic Style of Sculpture
Giotto’s Lamentation
Female Artists such as Lebrun, Kahlo, and Gentileschi
I think Ottonian Art might make a rare appearance
Matisse/Picasso comparisons
Hopefully something from Leonardo Da Vinci or Van Gogh
Definitely Goya or Velasquez this year</p>